Table 314.40.

Employees in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, employment status, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2021

Sex, employment status, control and level of institution, and primary occupation	Total	American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and Two or more races								White	Race/ethnicity unknown	Nonresident1
		Total	Percent2	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Pacific Islander	Two or more races
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
All institutions	3,817,214	1,056,128	30.7	18,697	272,050	369,050	326,587	7,284	62,460	2,388,098	162,660	210,328
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,499,186	354,399	25.9	6,594	128,741	109,103	88,096	2,491	19,374	1,011,855	75,373	57,559
Instruction	1,370,213	323,371	25.5	6,280	111,495	104,095	81,478	2,381	17,642	946,949	69,626	30,267
Research	95,895	21,930	33.8	187	13,182	2,653	4,594	65	1,249	42,993	4,606	26,366
Public service	33,078	9,098	29.3	127	4,064	2,355	2,024	45	483	21,913	1,141	926
Graduate assistants	392,270	86,461	34.8	963	30,307	18,262	27,063	371	9,495	162,270	19,966	123,573
Librarians, curators, and archivists	37,304	8,063	22.4	212	1,961	2,721	2,482	75	612	27,876	1,100	265
Student and academic affairs and other education services	172,906	54,454	33.1	1,239	7,977	22,377	18,775	555	3,531	110,063	6,432	1,957
Management	266,041	67,117	26.0	1,267	12,064	29,607	19,901	442	3,836	190,864	6,747	1,313
Business and financial operations	227,757	70,501	32.3	1,157	16,024	25,281	23,385	456	4,198	147,712	7,562	1,982
Computer, engineering, and science	239,165	68,850	31.7	952	28,245	15,548	19,422	358	4,325	148,048	8,525	13,742
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	191,671	51,980	28.4	1,050	6,408	22,592	17,484	608	3,838	130,732	7,652	1,307
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	115,214	36,912	34.9	343	12,630	11,638	10,238	144	1,919	68,747	5,879	3,676
Service occupations	218,124	99,213	47.9	1,777	8,841	46,865	38,058	677	2,995	108,101	8,930	1,880
Sales and related occupations	10,434	3,913	39.4	80	362	1,805	1,326	33	307	6,027	452	42
Office and administrative support	363,221	132,000	37.8	2,334	16,585	54,013	51,179	866	7,023	217,641	10,904	2,676
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	66,976	16,712	26.0	585	1,386	6,572	7,232	158	779	47,502	2,492	270
Production, transportation, and material moving	16,945	5,553	34.3	144	519	2,666	1,946	50	228	10,660	646	86
Males	1,690,576	429,357	28.8	7,889	125,553	136,176	132,245	3,171	24,323	1,063,180	75,866	122,173
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	732,385	164,143	24.8	2,972	67,900	42,156	41,823	1,161	8,131	497,027	36,609	34,606
Instruction	663,359	149,004	24.3	2,842	58,592	40,245	38,802	1,110	7,413	463,184	33,675	17,496
Research	53,451	11,153	32.4	81	7,300	1,092	2,125	29	526	23,319	2,399	16,580
Public service	15,575	3,986	27.5	49	2,008	819	896	22	192	10,524	535	530
Graduate assistants	194,195	37,936	34.0	415	14,723	6,763	11,891	174	3,970	73,712	9,620	72,927
Librarians, curators, and archivists	11,213	2,275	21.1	57	509	685	852	17	155	8,495	353	90
Student and academic affairs and other education services	53,470	16,173	32.1	386	2,535	6,389	5,664	179	1,020	34,233	2,252	812
Management	111,686	25,015	23.2	511	5,002	10,430	7,432	214	1,426	82,950	3,063	658
Business and financial operations	61,773	17,285	29.5	275	3,928	5,778	6,114	122	1,068	41,382	2,443	663
Computer, engineering, and science	140,771	36,662	28.7	568	14,212	8,132	11,095	252	2,403	91,150	4,964	7,995
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	83,976	20,979	26.4	419	2,115	10,248	6,451	297	1,449	58,581	3,831	585
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	33,332	10,608	36.2	91	4,474	2,550	2,883	43	567	18,696	2,188	1,840
Service occupations	123,802	52,263	44.3	1,081	4,480	25,531	19,129	383	1,659	65,688	5,001	850
Sales and related occupations	3,560	1,262	37.2	29	119	566	419	14	115	2,131	152	15
Office and administrative support	65,043	25,387	41.2	430	3,910	9,136	10,260	140	1,511	36,176	2,628	852
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	61,466	14,958	25.3	537	1,205	5,757	6,632	141	686	44,061	2,239	208
Production, transportation, and material moving	13,904	4,411	33.1	118	441	2,055	1,600	34	163	8,898	523	72
Females	2,126,638	626,771	32.1	10,808	146,497	232,874	194,342	4,113	38,137	1,324,918	86,794	88,155
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	766,801	190,256	27.0	3,622	60,841	66,947	46,273	1,330	11,243	514,828	38,764	22,953
Instruction	706,854	174,367	26.5	3,438	52,903	63,850	42,676	1,271	10,229	483,765	35,951	12,771
Research	42,444	10,777	35.4	106	5,882	1,561	2,469	36	723	19,674	2,207	9,786
Public service	17,503	5,112	31.0	78	2,056	1,536	1,128	23	291	11,389	606	396
Graduate assistants	198,075	48,525	35.4	548	15,584	11,499	15,172	197	5,525	88,558	10,346	50,646
Librarians, curators, and archivists	26,091	5,788	23.0	155	1,452	2,036	1,630	58	457	19,381	747	175
Student and academic affairs and other education services	119,436	38,281	33.5	853	5,442	15,988	13,111	376	2,511	75,830	4,180	1,145
Management	154,355	42,102	28.1	756	7,062	19,177	12,469	228	2,410	107,914	3,684	655
Business and financial operations	165,984	53,216	33.4	882	12,096	19,503	17,271	334	3,130	106,330	5,119	1,319
Computer, engineering, and science	98,394	32,188	36.1	384	14,033	7,416	8,327	106	1,922	56,898	3,561	5,747
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	107,695	31,001	30.1	631	4,293	12,344	11,033	311	2,389	72,151	3,821	722
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	81,882	26,304	34.4	252	8,156	9,088	7,355	101	1,352	50,051	3,691	1,836
Service occupations	94,322	46,950	52.5	696	4,361	21,334	18,929	294	1,336	42,413	3,929	1,030
Sales and related occupations	6,874	2,651	40.5	51	243	1,239	907	19	192	3,896	300	27
Office and administrative support	298,178	106,613	37.0	1,904	12,675	44,877	40,919	726	5,512	181,465	8,276	1,824
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	5,510	1,754	33.8	48	181	815	600	17	93	3,441	253	62
Production, transportation, and material moving	3,041	1,142	39.3	26	78	611	346	16	65	1,762	123	14
Full-time	2,530,550	748,356	31.5	13,127	193,848	262,645	233,757	5,104	39,875	1,624,334	82,647	75,213
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	837,109	202,426	26.7	3,290	92,949	48,383	46,155	1,235	10,414	557,044	27,389	50,250
Instruction	725,090	175,310	25.9	3,039	77,418	44,393	40,421	1,143	8,896	502,580	22,797	24,403
Research	85,797	19,777	34.7	154	12,022	2,359	4,061	60	1,121	37,295	3,754	24,971
Public service	26,222	7,339	29.9	97	3,509	1,631	1,673	32	397	17,169	838	876
Graduate assistants	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Librarians, curators, and archivists	32,259	6,848	22.0	188	1,728	2,190	2,145	65	532	24,310	871	230
Student and academic affairs and other education services	123,158	40,325	34.1	942	5,808	16,738	13,698	467	2,672	77,846	3,685	1,302
Management	259,927	65,883	26.1	1,242	11,765	29,049	19,614	432	3,781	186,285	6,503	1,256
Business and financial operations	216,609	68,030	32.7	1,105	15,438	24,436	22,590	435	4,026	139,718	7,009	1,852
Computer, engineering, and science	223,001	64,179	31.7	866	26,628	14,360	17,964	337	4,024	138,216	7,775	12,831
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	160,355	44,737	29.1	892	5,595	19,341	15,138	507	3,264	108,937	5,593	1,088
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	98,468	32,406	35.8	287	10,838	10,265	9,214	120	1,682	58,048	5,098	2,916
Service occupations	188,825	88,496	49.2	1,567	7,956	41,455	34,410	562	2,546	91,459	7,253	1,617
Sales and related occupations	8,778	3,499	41.3	71	287	1,651	1,193	28	269	4,965	304	10
Office and administrative support	304,186	110,741	37.6	1,995	13,081	46,334	42,832	734	5,765	183,434	8,431	1,580
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	63,642	15,926	26.0	554	1,309	6,188	7,019	146	710	45,251	2,240	225
Production, transportation, and material moving	14,233	4,860	35.5	128	466	2,255	1,785	36	190	8,821	496	56
Part-time	1,286,664	307,772	28.7	5,570	78,202	106,405	92,830	2,180	22,585	763,764	80,013	135,115
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	662,077	151,973	25.0	3,304	35,792	60,720	41,941	1,256	8,960	454,811	47,984	7,309
Instruction	645,123	148,061	25.0	3,241	34,077	59,702	41,057	1,238	8,746	444,369	46,829	5,864
Research	10,098	2,153	27.4	33	1,160	294	533	5	128	5,698	852	1,395
Public service	6,856	1,759	27.0	30	555	724	351	13	86	4,744	303	50
Graduate assistants	392,270	86,461	34.8	963	30,307	18,262	27,063	371	9,495	162,270	19,966	123,573
Librarians, curators, and archivists	5,045	1,215	25.4	24	233	531	337	10	80	3,566	229	35
Student and academic affairs and other education services	49,748	14,129	30.5	297	2,169	5,639	5,077	88	859	32,217	2,747	655
Management	6,114	1,234	21.2	25	299	558	287	10	55	4,579	244	57
Business and financial operations	11,148	2,471	23.6	52	586	845	795	21	172	7,994	553	130
Computer, engineering, and science	16,164	4,671	32.2	86	1,617	1,188	1,458	21	301	9,832	750	911
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	31,316	7,243	24.9	158	813	3,251	2,346	101	574	21,795	2,059	219
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	16,746	4,506	29.6	56	1,792	1,373	1,024	24	237	10,699	781	760
Service occupations	29,299	10,717	39.2	210	885	5,410	3,648	115	449	16,642	1,677	263
Sales and related occupations	1,656	414	28.0	9	75	154	133	5	38	1,062	148	32
Office and administrative support	59,035	21,259	38.3	339	3,504	7,679	8,347	132	1,258	34,207	2,473	1,096
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	3,334	786	25.9	31	77	384	213	12	69	2,251	252	45
Production, transportation, and material moving	2,712	693	27.4	16	53	411	161	14	38	1,839	150	30
Public 4-year	2,032,313	563,756	31.3	10,631	156,523	183,018	176,591	3,222	33,771	1,235,880	81,520	151,157
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	685,674	165,352	26.7	3,184	70,295	41,995	40,596	889	8,393	452,805	30,879	36,638
Instruction	608,214	148,852	26.5	2,967	61,377	39,469	36,783	818	7,438	412,224	27,039	20,099
Research	59,643	12,643	31.2	133	7,390	1,490	2,836	45	749	27,862	3,186	15,952
Public service	17,817	3,857	23.3	84	1,528	1,036	977	26	206	12,719	654	587
Graduate assistants	306,141	66,545	34.1	811	22,479	14,243	21,572	279	7,161	128,360	14,760	96,476
Librarians, curators, and archivists	17,344	3,952	23.6	126	898	1,279	1,314	19	316	12,785	473	134
Student and academic affairs and other education services	73,506	23,427	33.5	595	3,604	9,183	8,318	223	1,504	46,418	2,557	1,104
Management	127,033	31,911	25.9	731	5,587	14,296	9,334	178	1,785	91,492	2,871	759
Business and financial operations	137,688	42,245	32.0	770	9,867	14,654	14,160	261	2,533	89,617	4,521	1,305
Computer, engineering, and science	149,589	40,687	30.1	627	16,755	8,600	11,778	191	2,736	94,588	5,126	9,188
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	94,968	27,793	30.6	586	3,475	11,518	9,926	268	2,020	62,928	3,500	747
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	77,229	24,078	34.0	259	8,425	7,701	6,332	71	1,290	46,738	4,467	1,946
Service occupations	119,597	55,927	49.2	1,047	5,709	25,948	21,162	323	1,738	57,714	4,865	1,091
Sales and related occupations	2,364	605	27.6	22	95	232	197	10	49	1,590	138	31
Office and administrative support	185,758	66,628	37.2	1,336	8,082	27,423	25,839	385	3,563	112,375	5,246	1,509
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	44,071	10,934	25.9	433	890	4,321	4,652	97	541	31,295	1,676	166
Production, transportation, and material moving	11,351	3,672	33.9	104	362	1,625	1,411	28	142	7,175	441	63
Public 2-year	476,421	133,342	29.2	3,778	20,248	54,842	47,204	1,214	6,056	323,957	16,080	3,042
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	259,251	58,630	23.7	1,619	11,679	23,596	18,387	570	2,779	188,904	10,123	1,594
Instruction	256,592	57,799	23.6	1,595	11,600	23,053	18,237	567	2,747	187,195	10,032	1,566
Research	168	52	32.3	4	8	19	19	0	2	109	6	1
Public service	2,491	779	32.7	20	71	524	131	3	30	1,600	85	27
Graduate assistants	16	8	53.3	0	1	4	3	0	0	7	0	1
Librarians, curators, and archivists	4,523	1,110	25.3	41	186	446	365	14	58	3,272	123	18
Student and academic affairs and other education services	40,949	13,234	33.6	395	1,566	5,503	4,961	127	682	26,140	1,374	201
Management	30,298	8,348	28.2	234	878	4,243	2,618	60	315	21,211	658	81
Business and financial operations	16,093	5,839	37.4	170	835	2,266	2,287	31	250	9,791	354	109
Computer, engineering, and science	13,236	3,991	31.1	123	987	1,161	1,471	39	210	8,840	311	94
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	21,149	7,231	35.4	207	610	3,396	2,582	85	351	13,178	647	93
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	1,370	246	18.8	10	41	84	88	7	16	1,064	56	4
Service occupations	27,308	11,799	45.1	357	685	5,680	4,655	90	332	14,346	908	255
Sales and related occupations	1,222	265	22.1	17	38	101	90	2	17	936	18	3
Office and administrative support	54,867	20,988	39.6	519	2,615	7,622	9,076	175	981	31,947	1,359	573
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	5,020	1,305	26.6	72	100	578	491	12	52	3,597	102	16
Production, transportation, and material moving	1,119	348	32.5	14	27	162	130	2	13	724	47	0
Private nonprofit 4-year	1,195,057	317,525	29.4	3,563	89,126	113,261	89,845	2,383	19,347	763,495	58,165	55,872
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	486,193	108,094	24.7	1,399	43,017	32,896	23,468	776	6,538	329,591	29,290	19,218
Instruction	437,418	94,432	23.5	1,329	34,783	30,963	20,821	741	5,795	307,013	27,480	8,493
Research	36,037	9,213	38.0	49	5,773	1,141	1,735	19	496	15,000	1,411	10,413
Public service	12,738	4,449	37.0	21	2,461	792	912	16	247	7,578	399	312
Graduate assistants	85,802	19,798	37.0	150	7,799	3,980	5,457	92	2,320	33,774	5,139	27,091
Librarians, curators, and archivists	14,767	2,835	20.0	36	852	954	725	39	229	11,345	478	109
Student and academic affairs and other education services	47,460	13,034	29.1	178	2,252	5,775	3,742	144	943	31,733	2,051	642
Management	99,295	23,751	24.8	258	5,062	9,857	6,926	165	1,483	72,194	2,883	467
Business and financial operations	69,810	20,765	31.1	185	5,073	7,801	6,271	140	1,295	45,964	2,526	555
Computer, engineering, and science	74,595	23,517	35.0	192	10,287	5,636	5,967	120	1,315	43,697	3,011	4,370
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	72,449	15,858	23.1	239	2,195	7,198	4,641	247	1,338	52,755	3,374	462
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	36,448	12,527	37.5	73	4,148	3,840	3,790	66	610	20,846	1,349	1,726
Service occupations	69,393	30,498	46.4	343	2,408	14,893	11,716	256	882	35,257	3,105	533
Sales and related occupations	2,845	846	30.9	3	108	316	359	8	52	1,888	104	7
Office and administrative support	114,300	40,341	36.8	409	5,435	17,615	14,517	269	2,096	69,369	4,009	581
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	17,365	4,210	25.4	73	383	1,636	1,893	47	178	12,376	691	88
Production, transportation, and material moving	4,335	1,451	34.9	25	107	864	373	14	68	2,706	155	23
Private nonprofit 2-year	6,293	2,498	41.2	161	145	1,446	593	13	140	3,569	219	7
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	2,668	827	32.0	58	56	556	120	4	33	1,760	76	5
Instruction	2,659	822	31.9	55	56	555	120	3	33	1,756	76	5
Research	7	3	42.9	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0
Public service	2	2	100.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Graduate assistants	0	0	†	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	75	15	20.5	5	0	7	3	0	0	58	1	1
Student and academic affairs and other education services	921	484	56.1	19	26	257	141	5	36	378	59	0
Management	736	248	35.0	11	18	136	63	2	18	460	28	0
Business and financial operations	232	89	39.7	15	10	40	18	1	5	135	7	1
Computer, engineering, and science	108	43	41.7	5	13	11	12	0	2	60	5	0
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	148	49	33.6	4	2	26	15	0	2	97	2	0
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	23	4	17.4	0	0	3	1	0	0	19	0	0
Service occupations	187	96	51.3	15	0	43	36	0	2	91	0	0
Sales and related occupations	472	336	73.8	6	7	195	102	0	26	119	17	0
Office and administrative support	678	298	45.6	23	13	166	79	1	16	356	24	0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	38	7	18.4	0	0	4	3	0	0	31	0	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	7	2	28.6	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0
Private for-profit 4-year	84,698	29,017	37.0	444	4,938	12,478	8,368	337	2,452	49,496	5,992	193
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	53,184	16,576	34.2	267	3,110	7,935	3,796	192	1,276	31,939	4,607	62
Instruction	53,141	16,561	34.2	267	3,099	7,935	3,792	192	1,276	31,914	4,604	62
Research	24	9	37.5	0	7	0	2	0	0	15	0	0
Public service	19	6	37.5	0	4	0	2	0	0	10	3	0
Graduate assistants	310	110	46.2	2	28	35	31	0	14	128	67	5
Librarians, curators, and archivists	461	111	25.6	4	18	20	58	3	8	323	24	3
Student and academic affairs and other education services	7,991	3,274	42.7	39	421	1,307	1,185	44	278	4,388	326	3
Management	6,129	1,793	30.4	23	379	651	549	25	166	4,099	232	5
Business and financial operations	2,867	1,052	38.4	13	188	359	386	14	92	1,687	118	10
Computer, engineering, and science	1,466	541	41.4	4	187	122	167	6	55	766	70	89
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	2,705	902	34.9	12	118	385	262	8	117	1,682	118	3
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	117	45	39.8	1	14	5	22	0	3	68	4	0
Service occupations	1,262	699	57.6	13	35	233	380	6	32	515	47	1
Sales and related occupations	2,425	1,236	53.9	28	85	705	293	7	118	1,059	130	0
Office and administrative support	5,306	2,405	47.4	32	324	691	1,053	24	281	2,664	225	12
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	347	195	59.8	5	8	19	154	2	7	131	21	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	128	78	62.4	1	23	11	32	6	5	47	3	0
Private for-profit 2-year	22,432	9,990	46.1	120	1,070	4,005	3,986	115	694	11,701	684	57
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	12,216	4,920	41.8	67	584	2,125	1,729	60	355	6,856	398	42
Instruction	12,189	4,905	41.7	67	580	2,120	1,725	60	353	6,847	395	42
Research	16	10	76.9	0	4	2	2	0	2	3	3	0
Public service	11	5	45.5	0	0	3	2	0	0	6	0	0
Graduate assistants	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	134	40	30.1	0	7	15	17	0	1	93	1	0
Student and academic affairs and other education services	2,079	1,001	49.9	13	108	352	428	12	88	1,006	65	7
Management	2,550	1,066	43.1	10	140	424	411	12	69	1,408	75	1
Business and financial operations	1,067	511	49.7	4	51	161	263	9	23	518	36	2
Computer, engineering, and science	171	71	42.3	1	16	18	27	2	7	97	2	1
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	252	147	61.5	2	8	69	58	0	10	92	11	2
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	27	12	50.0	0	2	5	5	0	0	12	3	0
Service occupations	377	194	52.2	2	4	68	109	2	9	178	5	0
Sales and related occupations	1,106	625	59.0	4	29	256	285	6	45	435	45	1
Office and administrative support	2,312	1,340	59.0	15	116	496	615	12	86	930	41	1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	135	61	45.9	2	5	14	39	0	1	72	2	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	5	2	40.0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0

†Not applicable.

1Race/ethnicity not collected.

2Combined total of staff who were American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and of Two or more races as a percentage of total staff, excluding race/ethnicity unknown and nonresidents.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. By definition, all graduate assistants are part time. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2022, Human Resources component. (This table was prepared May 2023.)